Concept Ventures is the UKs largest dedicated pre-seed fund, focused on backing founders reshaping how we work, play, and learn.  As a firm built by industry outsiders, we understand the importance of being flexible, founder-first partners at the earliest of stages. We can shape or join your rounds of up to £2m, with capacity to follow-on to Series-A & beyond.

Concept Ventures

AHV was established in 2001 by Ascension Health with a commitment of $125 million to invest in expansion- to late-stage healthcare companies. Ascension Health is the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system serving patients through a network of hospitals and health facilities in 20 states and the District of Columbia. AHV offers its limited partners the ability to earn venture-level financial returns while providing early insight to future healthcare developments.

Ascension Ventures

Baobab Network is the fastest-growing start-up accelerator in Africa with offices across Nairobi, South Africa, Nigeria and London. Focused on early-stage technology ventures across the African continent, The Baobab Network offers companies funding, support and a platform for growth, in exchange for equity.

Baobab Network

LEA Partners as an entrepreneurial-minded multi-stage private equity and venture capital firm and supports ambitious B2B Tech founders and executives by leveraging them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to achieve market leadership.

LEA Partners

PT1 is a fully independent venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed & seed investments in transformative real asset technologies. Real assets (real estate, infrastructure and energy) are undergoing a profound transformation caused by the increasing scarcity of natural resources, carbon budgets, square metres and skilled labour. PT1 invests in #Futurebuilders, startups benefitting from these megatrends by serving the high economic, social and political demand through scalable solutions. Using its proprietary AI-enabled deal flow database, PT1 finds, funds and fosters real asset innovations. PT1 consists of a pan-European, entrepreneurial team that is supported by experienced Venture Partners with diverse backgrounds ranging from unicorn founders to industry veterans and investment experts, creating a rich pool of wisdom, track record and network.  PT1 is part of ERIC Group, a platform that unites progressive minds making collective investments along transformational megatrends. Members include (U)HNWIs, successful entrepreneurs, forward-thinking corporate and institutional investors that aim to benefit in two dimensions from interacting with #Futurebuilders – financial ROI combined with inspiration, data and technology access for their own transformational journeys.

Private Investment company. Investing in tech companies Seed-Pre IPO. Koro also backs emerging and more established VC and PE funds.

Koro Capital Ltd

Gendo

Gendo is a browser-based application that assists designers by producing images from their designs rapidly. It eliminates the need for extensive software licenses and expensive hardware, making the design process more accessible. The platform leverages generative AI and machine learning to enhance creative workflows for architects and designers.

Gendo is a browser-based AI platform that enables architects to generate 2D drawings, sketches, and text prompts into detailed visualizations. Using GenAI models and machine learning techniques, the platform allows users to generate realistic architectural renderings in approximately eight minutes. The platform features generative editing capabilities that allow users to select and modify specific areas of images and adjust materials, colors, lighting, and structural features. Users can also incorporate era-specific furniture, culturally appropriate clothing, and topographically correct trees. The platform processed over 50,000 images across 5,000 projects as of November 2024.

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Gendo is a browser-based generative AI platform designed specifically for architects and designers to transform 2D drawings, sketches, and text prompts into detailed, realistic visualizations. Founded in 2022 by architectural designer George Proud and software engineer Will Jones, the company aims to streamline the visualization process in architecture, significantly reducing the time and costs associated with traditional rendering methods. Gendo's proprietary technology utilizes a combination of generative AI models and machine learning techniques to generate intricate visualizations within seconds, allowing users to edit and customize specific details such as colors, lighting, and structural features.
The platform offers features tailored to the needs of architects, including the ability to add era-specific furniture, culturally appropriate clothing for people in renderings, and topographically correct trees. Gendo's technology adheres closely to the user's design intent while adding materiality, lighting, and detailing. The platform also supports generative editing, enabling users to quickly select and regenerate any part of an image, and style transfer, which allows switching between different visual styles while maintaining design consistency.
Key customers and partnerships
Gendo has been tested and used by several leading global architecture practices, including Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, David Chipperfield Architects, and Benoy. Following a successful launch, the platform went live in early access mode in July 2024. Within the first week of its launch, Gendo reported over 1,000 user sign-ups, indicating strong initial traction in the architecture and design industry.

Gendo is a browser-based AI platform that enables architects to generate 2D drawings, sketches, and text prompts into detailed visualizations. Using GenAI models and machine learning techniques, the platform allows users to generate realistic architectural renderings in approximately eight minutes. The platform features generative editing capabilities that allow users to select and modify specific areas of images and adjust materials, colors, lighting, and structural features. Users can also incorporate era-specific furniture, culturally appropriate clothing, and topographically correct trees. The platform processed over 50,000 images across 5,000 projects as of November 2024.Key customers and partnershipsAs of November 2024, the platform's customer base included global architecture practices such as Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, David Chipperfield Architects, and Benoy. Gendo had also attracted over 2,500 users worldwide.&nbsp;

DeckRobot is a platform compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint that leverages AI to transform raw slides into enterprise-ready presentations. DeckRobot AI transforms draft slides into professional, on-brand slides by adapting graphics from a vast library of slide examples. Users can apply an unlimited number of styles to any slide deck, including old documents, client materials, or web-sourced slides.DeckRobot offers enhancements for individual slides, such as adding approved icons and images, object alignment, slide resizing, and text validation through AI checks. DeckRobot's plugin acts as a time-saving tool for PowerPoint users, reducing manual work and potentially saving up to 80% of working time. The plugin emphasizes creating visually appealing presentations that adhere to company brand guidelines while maintaining content quality.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, the company reportedly worked with 70% of the largest consulting and audit companies.

DeckRobot

Based in Italy, Contents.com is a generative AI-powered multimedia creation tool directed at marketing teams, bloggers, publishers, web agencies, ecommerce sites, and large corporations looking to scale content output. The company operates as a SaaS platform that provides tools to support the entire content creation workflow, combining AI-generated output with manual finishing. Contents.com’s features include:1) Industry trends: Uses AI to provide an overview of popular content trends during a specified time period2) AI Chat: A natural language chatbot that can answer questions on any topic or be used to generate content ideas3) AI Writer: Generates content based on a selected template, including blog posts, social media posts, product descriptions, marketing emails, search engine optimized content, and summarized and rephrased content4) AI Art: Generates images based on text inputs, a selected style, and destination content type5) Text to Audio: Converts text documents into audio, with several AI voices available for selection and generates text transcripts from audio input6) AI Translation: Translates content into 25+ languages (January 2024) and offers human translation7) Professional writing services: Completion and review of AI-generated content or fully outsourced content creation by human writersContents.com also offers a customizable enterprise solution, enabling large organizations to automate their content creation processes.The firm claims that its solution can generate content 10x faster.In April 2023, Contents.com acquired Scribeur, its main French competitor, expanding its customer base to include major French and European brands. In the same month, the firm also acquired translation company Traduzione.it. In addition, in May 2023, the company acquired Scribox, an Italian content marketing marketplace, to leverage Scribox's expertise in custom content creation, SEO, and social media marketing.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2023, Contents.com’s users included Allianz, Billboard, IKEA, Oppo, and Accenture.

Contents.com

Estonia-based Alpha3D utilizes GenAI technologies to allow users to automatically convert text prompts or 2D images of real-world objects into interactive 3D digital assets. The platform aims at simplifying the 3D model creation process, making it more accessible and scalable for users regardless of their 3D-modeling knowledge. Alpha3D's technology has potential applications in various domains, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), virtual try-on (VTO), gaming, the metaverse, and even non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing a wide range of digital interactions and experiences​.The platform claims to automatically generate 3D content 10x faster and up to 100x cheaper than traditional methods, without requiring 3D modeling expertise.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2023, Alpha3D had managed to garner a user base of nearly 100,000 platform users, including Viva Technology, Threedium, Wanna, PwC, and FARFETCH.In June 2023, the company partnered with Tryme, a company specializing in custom software solutions, to advance the creation of AI-generated 3D models for eyewear by combining Alpha3D's rapid 2D-to-3D conversion with TRYME's virtual try-on platform.

Alpha3D

OASIS is a human-centric AI research lab that offers photorealistic AI avatars for remote work. Users can enter text, record audio, or write directly on the screen, and the AI will rewrite based on specified preferences or settings, allowing users to generate rewritten content for various purposes, such as improving clarity, style, or readability. The cross-platform app allows users to use the AI avatar when using a camera, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, FaceTime, and WhatsApp.

OASIS

Canada-based Maket specializes in utilizing GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans, aiding architects, designers, and developers in efficiently creating various design iterations​. Additionally, Maket offers a suite of tools, including a virtual assistant for informed desig-making, assistance with navigating zoning codes, and regulatory compliance checks. The platform is also integrated with Rhino, Autodesk Autocad, and Autodesk Revit.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;In April 2022, Maket formed a strategic partnership with <a href="https://mila.quebec/en/mila-and-maket-announce-a-new-partnership-to-leverage-ai-for-generative-architecture/#:~:text=MONTREAL%20%E2%80%93%20April%2020%2C%202022,architecture%2C%20engineering%20and%20construction">Mila</a>, a deep-learning research institute, to advance AI-powered architectural planning​.Key competitors: None comparable (Maket is the only design startup we have identified that uses GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans.)

Maket

Companies that offer solutions to generate text from a prompt, where output is independent of previous interactions, such as specialized content creation tools

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit images and GIFs, including techniques such as inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, and stylizing

Companies that generate or synthesize voice and audio, including voice cloning, text-to-speech, and language translation

Companies that specialize in generating 3D content, including the creation of game assets (virtual worlds, non-playable characters), product visualization, and other 3D models

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit video content, including scene generation, background replacement, stylizing, and frame interpolation

Companies that offer solutions to generate contextually relevant text responses across multiple conversational exchanges, such as natural language chatbots

Generative AI applications are built on foundation models that are trained using advanced ML models

The technology allows the creation of digital avatars and virtual games

All companies within the space offer a product or service based on generative AI

The technology allows the creation of personalized content

Some applications leverage NLP to train models to process and respond to language-based prompts

Generative AI applications are built on in-house or third-party foundation models

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 AI architecture platform Gendo recently secured GBP 4.3 million (USD 5.4 million) in a seed funding round. This funding was co-led by PT1 and LEA Partners, with further participation from Koro Capital and existing investor Concept Ventures.
 The funds will be allocated towards expanding operations and furthering development efforts, in line with the company's scaling goals.
 Gendo, an AI platform operating through a web browser, generates architecture visualizations using text-reliant prompts. Launched from its beta phase in July 2024, the platform has gained a user base of 3,600 globally, and generated over 50,000 images across a sum of 5,000 projects. On average, the users can download their design visualizations within eight minutes of starting a project — a speed that is noted to be 100 times faster than other existing processes. Some of the platform's notable users include reputed architecture firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, KPF, David Chipperfield Architects, and Benoy.
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